CINNAMON-APPLE CAKE

Cinnamon-Apple Cake image

Provided by Joy1996

Categories Dessert

Time 1h20m

Yield 12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 11

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1 3/4 cups granulated sugar, divided
3/4 cup block-style fat free cream cheese, softened
1/3 cup butter or 1/3 cup margarine, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 large eggs
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons cinnamon
3 cups chopped peeled rome apples (about 2 large)
cooking spray

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350°F.
Beat 1 1/2cups sugar, cream cheese, butter and vanilla at medium speed until well-blended (about 4 minutes.).
Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition; set aside.
Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup, level with a knife.
Combine flour, baking powder, and salt.
Add flour mixture to cream cheese mixture; beat at low speed until blended.
Combine 1/4 cup sugar and cinnamon.
Combine 2 tbsp of the cinnamon mixture and apple in a large bowl, mix well.
Stir apples into batter.
Pour batter into an 8-inch springform pan that has been sprayed with cooking spray.
Sprinkle remaining cinnamon-sugar mixture over cake batter.
Bake at 350°F for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until cake pulls away from sides of pan.
Cook cake completely on a wire rack and remove from pan.
To serve, cut cake with a serrated knife.
Note: If you make this cake in a 9-iinch square pan, reduce baking time by 5 minutes.